Top 7 Most Popular Types Of Hardwood Floor Finishes

Wood floor finishes can make or break a floor as far as aesthetics are concerned. But like any hardwood flooring Newmarket contractor will tell you, there is much more to hardwood floor finishes than just aesthetics. A good finishing can protect your floor from dirt and make it easy for you to wash it. It can also prevent slips and make it safer for both children and the elderly. To that extent, it goes almost without saying that one cannot disregard how important it is to ensure a hardwood floor gets a good finishing. But before then, one must consider different types of hardwood floor finishes available. The most common ones include:

Oil Modified Urethane

It is the most popular hardwood finish in the market. It is also the easiest one to apply. The finish is a petroleum base with hints of synthetic resins plasticizers and a number of other film forming compounds that can produce durable surfaces. Oil modified urethane can work on just about any type of wood.Â Unlike other finishes, it takes only 8 hours to dry.Â Its only downside is the fact that it ambers with age.Read More

6 Hardwood Flooring Terms You Should Get To Know

When it comes to finishing a modern home with a glossy, magnificent and luxurious look, hardwood floors always earn the medal. That explains why hardwood installation contractors are always in demand. Unfortunately, dealing with them is often an uphill task, especially for first time homeowners. Some even say that the contractors engage their clients in conversations peppered with hard-to-comprehend flooring terms.Read More

When people are picking out the right type of flooring for their house, they may be faced with a dilemma of choosing between the two most common type of flooring, which is hardwood and laminate flooring. Hardwood is durable, stylish and far more resistant to different weather conditions compared to laminate. There are plenty of similarities and differences between these two types of flooring, but these are quite difficult to understand if you are not an expert in interior design and renovation. Thatâ€™s why we are going to simplify and lay down the key differences for you to make a wiser choice when picking hardwood flooring over laminate.Read More

This North York customer chose a pre-finished beautiful 7″ white oak hardwood floor for the entire home throughout. Upon installation of the hardwood floor we realized how much of an elegant feel the wide planks gives this North York home.Â We love the colour of the hardwood flooring as if allows the natural light to bounce through the rooms.

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LA Floor Inc. has been in the hardwood flooring industry for more than 20 years and we take great pride in our reputation as one of the most professional hardwood flooring companies in the GTA region of Ontario. Our experienced hardwood flooring installation team has worked throughout Toronto and in the neighbouring regions of Newmarket, Aurora, Markham, Stouffville, Barrie, Richmond Hill, Vaughan and surrounding areas. Among the many hardwood flooring services we provide we offer complete installation of hardwood floors and laminate floors, hardwood floor sanding, refinishing, staining, and buffing, Custom hardwood floor designs and colours, hardwood floor maintenance and repair, fixing and restoring hardwood floors, staircase rejuvenation, and complete installation and refinishing of stairs and railings.